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so we know that john rood did not jump, he was pushed. also today, i'm not sure anybody is quite sure what to make of this. but today in a courtroom in london, a lawyer for wikileaks founder julian assange told a uk court that in 2017, president trump offered a presidential pardon to julian assange as a quid pro quo. the offer, reportedly, was that president trump would have the u.s. criminal case against julian assange dropped. he would part assange if he, julian assange, would like and say that the hack of democratic e-mails during the 2016 campaign was not carried out by russia. so, lie and say russia didn't do it, and the president will give you a pardon. that offer, according to julian assange's legal team was reportedly delivered in person in 2017 by republican congressman dana rohrabacher, who has in fact said publicly in the past that he conveyed this type of pardon offer to julian assange. now, though, that it has been ruled admissible in assange's case, it will be part of assange's defense in court, as he tries to avoid extradit
so we know that john rood did not jump, he was pushed. also today, i'm not sure anybody is quite sure what to make of this. but today in a courtroom in london, a lawyer for wikileaks founder julian assange told a uk court that in 2017, president trump offered a presidential pardon to julian assange as a quid pro quo. the offer, reportedly, was that president trump would have the u.s. criminal case against julian assange dropped. he would part assange if he, julian assange, would like and say...
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we also have john rood here. john rood is a top pentagon official. he is someone who had warned the administration about not wanting to withhold this security assistance from ukraine, and earlier this week he said he was resigning because president trump had requested him to. and then we get to just yesterday, there's even more. national security adviser who had been working on russia. who had been moved up then to be the deputy national security adviser, she is moving over to the energy department. victoria coats is someone who there had been rumors about her being the author of anonymous, that book that president trump doesn't like, the white house has denied those rumors, but she is still moving out of her post at the white house. and the last person we have here is cash patell, he is moving over to od and i, the director of national intelligence as a senior official alongside rick grene grenell. cash patel is seen as someone who is very close with republicans. he actually worked for devin nunes, and so he is someone who had discredited the report
we also have john rood here. john rood is a top pentagon official. he is someone who had warned the administration about not wanting to withhold this security assistance from ukraine, and earlier this week he said he was resigning because president trump had requested him to. and then we get to just yesterday, there's even more. national security adviser who had been working on russia. who had been moved up then to be the deputy national security adviser, she is moving over to the energy...
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so undersecretary of defense john rood, you're fired too. even if the national security council, this week the deputy national security adviser was fired. there's so much else going on, it barely made a ripple, but this is a big deal job. you know ben rhodes from the obama administration, that's the job he had, deputy national security adviser. well, the trump deputy national security adviser was fired this week because she was falsely accused of being the person who wrote that anonymous op-ed that criticized president trump more than a year ago. by all accounts, it really seems to have not been her. she's not anonymous. and white house officials who won't put their name to the quote are telling reporters that the white house has not actually -- doesn't actually subscribe to the rumors that it's her. but nevertheless, the suspicion that it might be her, that was enough this week to get her fired as deputy national security adviser. she now works in the energy department as an adviser instead. how nice. but think about that message. they don'
so undersecretary of defense john rood, you're fired too. even if the national security council, this week the deputy national security adviser was fired. there's so much else going on, it barely made a ripple, but this is a big deal job. you know ben rhodes from the obama administration, that's the job he had, deputy national security adviser. well, the trump deputy national security adviser was fired this week because she was falsely accused of being the person who wrote that anonymous op-ed...
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>> reporter: well, that's not clear, but his name is john rood and he was the top policy official at pentagon. and he says that president trump asked for his resignation. now, rood was involved in certifying that ukraine had made enough reforms to get that $250 million worth of u.s. military aid, which was being withheld at the time. that undermined president trump's argument that he was withholding that aid because of corruption in ukraine. norah. >> o'donnell: ben, at a very noisy rally tonight. ben, thank you. a russian agent, an f.b.i. informant, and a mexican scientist leading a double life. it sounds like the plot of a cold war thriller, but authorities say the threads all come together in florida, where an alleged spy was arrested as he tried to flee the country. jeff pegues has the details. >> reporter: from all indications, hector cabrera fuentes is an accomplished mexican professor living in singapore. but u.s. investigators believe he's actually a spy for the russian government operating in south florida. authorities say that on orders from the kremlin, fuentes and his wif
>> reporter: well, that's not clear, but his name is john rood and he was the top policy official at pentagon. and he says that president trump asked for his resignation. now, rood was involved in certifying that ukraine had made enough reforms to get that $250 million worth of u.s. military aid, which was being withheld at the time. that undermined president trump's argument that he was withholding that aid because of corruption in ukraine. norah. >> o'donnell: ben, at a very noisy...
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sources tell me and barbara starr one of the pentagon's most senior officials, john road, being for roodhe's been asked to resign. as the pentagon's top official policy, rood oversees all the key national security priorities. russia, china, the korean peninsula, and ukraine. we should note he was involved in certifying to congress that ukraine had embarked on significant reforms to justify its receipt of that crucial security assistance. a move that contradicted, of course, the president's reason for withholding the aid. and hours after trump's july 25th phone call with zelensky, rood emailed secretary esper and said placing a hold on security assistance at this time would undermine our defense opportunities with a key partner in the strategic competition with russia. a little more context here. rood joined the administration january 2018 under defense secretary jim mattis who resigned himself. again, the latest administration to disagree with policy decisions and now leaving the administration. >> it's really important reporting, and it just continues the trend here of those who do not
sources tell me and barbara starr one of the pentagon's most senior officials, john road, being for roodhe's been asked to resign. as the pentagon's top official policy, rood oversees all the key national security priorities. russia, china, the korean peninsula, and ukraine. we should note he was involved in certifying to congress that ukraine had embarked on significant reforms to justify its receipt of that crucial security assistance. a move that contradicted, of course, the president's...
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who asked for him to step down and the president praising him in a tweet saying i'd like to thank john roodnd wish himself. and in qualifying for the aid the president after that a determination was made withheld it and there was the contradiction and don't know if that was at the route of rood leaving but probably part of the calculus. >> bill: thank you very much. we have independent counselor in the white water investigations and fox news contributor. thank you for your time. maxine waters does not hold back. here's her tweet. it's not for barr to resign i want him disbarred and disgraced and the mueller report was a plot and now wants to free trump's criminal friends. in my estimation they all belong in jail. sef tone nine years was -- seven to nine years was the normal recommendation. what is normally the prison term? >> that's a gret question. the average sentence for somebody under the obstruction guideline with left-field or no history like stone has is not nine years or seven years, it's 9.4 months. the original recommendation by to the original prosecutors. it was a farce. >> bill
who asked for him to step down and the president praising him in a tweet saying i'd like to thank john roodnd wish himself. and in qualifying for the aid the president after that a determination was made withheld it and there was the contradiction and don't know if that was at the route of rood leaving but probably part of the calculus. >> bill: thank you very much. we have independent counselor in the white water investigations and fox news contributor. thank you for your time. maxine...
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> reporter: the president still appears to be selting scores pushing out o top pentagon official john rood. in a letter he wrote it's my understanding from secretary esper that you requested my resignation from serving as undersecretary for defense of policy. he had cautioned esper that placing a hold on security assistance would jeopardize this unique window of opportunity and undermine our opportunities. the speculative to me. i have no information that would lead me to that conclusion. >> reporter: now, former congressman has released a statement this evening saying he never spoke to the president about assange but he told john kelly assange would offer information in exchange for pardon but he says no one at the white house followed up with him on that offer. some breaking news just in this hour the president is expected to tap from what we are hearing from our source, i just heard from a source in the last few minutes about this, he's expected to tap the u.s. ambassador to germany as the next acting director of national intelligence. rick is well known inside republican circles. he is
> reporter: the president still appears to be selting scores pushing out o top pentagon official john rood. in a letter he wrote it's my understanding from secretary esper that you requested my resignation from serving as undersecretary for defense of policy. he had cautioned esper that placing a hold on security assistance would jeopardize this unique window of opportunity and undermine our opportunities. the speculative to me. i have no information that would lead me to that conclusion....
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john rood has been the policy chief at the pentagon. that's a name and not job not well known outside of national security circles, but inside the circles, a very influential post overseeing policy on everything from russia to china to ukraine as you mentioned. and why it's so important, of course, is u.s. relations with the allies and also u.s. defense and national security policy, especially as it relates to china today which is a big priority at the pentagon and where in the future u.s. troops may be deployed. rood had run afoul according to officials in several quarters. he was seen by some officials that jim sciutto, my colleague has spoken to, as not being in sync with the president. perhaps being skeptical of the peace talks with the taliban, and wanting to see that stronger relationship with ukraine as a pushback against russia. kate? >> and barbara, remind folks why rood was thrust to the investigation. >> he would have involved in all the approvals and discussions for that military aid package for ukraine. he was in favor of i
john rood has been the policy chief at the pentagon. that's a name and not job not well known outside of national security circles, but inside the circles, a very influential post overseeing policy on everything from russia to china to ukraine as you mentioned. and why it's so important, of course, is u.s. relations with the allies and also u.s. defense and national security policy, especially as it relates to china today which is a big priority at the pentagon and where in the future u.s....
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this all comes a day after the white house ousted a top pentagon official, john rood who pushed back on efforts to withhold aid to ukraine and they have reassigned senior national security aide victoria coats, the target of a whisper campaign accusing her of being the anonymous author behind that scathing "the new york times" op-ed of old. the white house has denied that rumor. earlier this week, though, trump claimed to know the identity of anonymous. >> i know who it is. >> who is it? >> i can't tell you that. i know all about anonymous. >> on another front, trump's long-time friend and advisor roger stone was sentenced in federal court today just blocks from the white house. judge amy berman jackson gave stone three years and four months. he was convicted last year of lying to congress and threatening a witness in connection with his efforts for trump's 2016 effort. stone is the sixth trump associate to be convicted in a case stemming from robert mueller's investigation. today sentencing follows intervention in the case from none other than the attorney general william barr. he go
this all comes a day after the white house ousted a top pentagon official, john rood who pushed back on efforts to withhold aid to ukraine and they have reassigned senior national security aide victoria coats, the target of a whisper campaign accusing her of being the anonymous author behind that scathing "the new york times" op-ed of old. the white house has denied that rumor. earlier this week, though, trump claimed to know the identity of anonymous. >> i know who it is....
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john rood issued a certificati last year to allow the release of military aid to ukraine. but, mr.'s delay in sending the aid triggered the impeachment inquiry. in his resignationetter, rood said that he is leaving at thet' presidrequest. former illinois governor rod blagojevich was back home today after presidump commuted his prison sentence. supporters cheered as walked out of his home in chicago, with f s wife and daughters. he declared himsfreed political prisoner, and a "trumpcrat." >> how do you properly thank someone who's given you back a freedom that was stolen from you? he didn't have to do this. he's a republican president. i was democratic governor. help his politics.s nothing to >> woodruff: blagojevich served eight years of a 14-year sentence. he had been convicted of trying to sell an appointment to the u.s. senate seat vacated by president obama.hi inna, health inspectors finished door-to-door spections in wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus tbreak.'s the ospitals are still full of patients, with china nationwide, and 2,aths. but, the number of new cases has falle
john rood issued a certificati last year to allow the release of military aid to ukraine. but, mr.'s delay in sending the aid triggered the impeachment inquiry. in his resignationetter, rood said that he is leaving at thet' presidrequest. former illinois governor rod blagojevich was back home today after presidump commuted his prison sentence. supporters cheered as walked out of his home in chicago, with f s wife and daughters. he declared himsfreed political prisoner, and a...
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john rood signed off on a certification last year to allow the release of u.s.y aid to ukraine.p' but mr. t's delay in sending the aid triggered the impeachment inquiry. in his resignation letter, rood said he is leaving at president's request. former illois governor rod blagojevich was back home today, after president trump commuted his prison sentence. supporters cheered as he walked out of his home in chicago, with his wife and daughters. he declared himself a freed political prisoner, and, quote, a "trump-ocr". >> how do you properly thank someone who's ven you back a freedom that was stolen from you? he didn't have to do this. he's a republican president, i was a democratic governor, and doing this does nothing to help his politics. stephanie: blagojevich served 8 yes of a 14-year sentence. he'd been convicted of trying to sell an appointment to the u.s. senate seat from illinois vacated by president oma. german police say that eight people are dead this evening, nllowing two shootings at the city of hanar frankfurt. five people were wounded. the police are
john rood signed off on a certification last year to allow the release of u.s.y aid to ukraine.p' but mr. t's delay in sending the aid triggered the impeachment inquiry. in his resignation letter, rood said he is leaving at president's request. former illois governor rod blagojevich was back home today, after president trump commuted his prison sentence. supporters cheered as he walked out of his home in chicago, with his wife and daughters. he declared himself a freed political prisoner, and,...
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the latest person to leave is a pentagon top policy official john rood.s e-mails show he pushed hard against the administration when the president froze millions of dollars in aid to ukraine. mr. president it's my understanding from defense secretary esper that you requested my resignation. as you have requested, i am providing my resignation effective february 28th. and president trump confirmed the resignation through a re-tweet saying that he thanks rood for his service as he forwarded an article that detailed rood faced pressure to resign from some who lost confidence in his ability to carry out the trump agenda. cnn national security correspondent vivian salma has reported extensively on rood's e-mails. nice to see you, by the way. why was he -- tell me more about what you've learned about why he was forced out. >> there were a number of issues, of course the ukraine e-mails that i've reported in the last couple of weeks didn't help. he'd really been pushing back against president trump's decision to to ukraine. there were a number of other policy is
the latest person to leave is a pentagon top policy official john rood.s e-mails show he pushed hard against the administration when the president froze millions of dollars in aid to ukraine. mr. president it's my understanding from defense secretary esper that you requested my resignation. as you have requested, i am providing my resignation effective february 28th. and president trump confirmed the resignation through a re-tweet saying that he thanks rood for his service as he forwarded an...
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john rood served as undersecretary of defense for policy.ntagon team that told congress ukraine had made enough reforms to justify sending $250 million in promised security aid. a defense official says rood's role in the aid process was not related to his departure. >>> a dozen more americans who were quarantined on a cruise ship are being treated for coronavirus at hospitals in california. we're getting a look at a special medical unit in nebraska where one american man who was also on the infected ship is being treated. abc's clayton sandell reports. >> reporter: when carl goldman's plane landed he was spiking a plane landed he was spiking a fever. he and wife jerri were fine when they left "the diamond princess" cruise ship. then goldman tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the first patient in a bio containment center. >> the doors are specially sealed so i kind of feel i'm a fish side a bowl. >> reporter: he's giving us the first look inside. >> i've got gatorade in every single flavor. >> reporter: a pre-existing condition landed
john rood served as undersecretary of defense for policy.ntagon team that told congress ukraine had made enough reforms to justify sending $250 million in promised security aid. a defense official says rood's role in the aid process was not related to his departure. >>> a dozen more americans who were quarantined on a cruise ship are being treated for coronavirus at hospitals in california. we're getting a look at a special medical unit in nebraska where one american man who was also...
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maria: john rood and brian hook.utbreak is dragging down the price of crude oil sitting at 50.50 a barrel, bipartisan bipartisanship is dead, former rivals former presidents bill clinton and bush getting their own shows coming up. my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. i take it once a week. it starts acting in my body from the first dose. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in your neck, or severe stomach pain. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. taking trulicity with a sulfonylurea or insulin increases low blood
maria: john rood and brian hook.utbreak is dragging down the price of crude oil sitting at 50.50 a barrel, bipartisan bipartisanship is dead, former rivals former presidents bill clinton and bush getting their own shows coming up. my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. i take it once a...